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package org.sabayframework.activity.impl;


/**
 * An activity that can be parallelized by replication - creation of new instances for 
 * concurrent execution.
 *  
 * @author Alex Antonau
 * */
public abstract class ReplicableActivity<I, O> extends StatefulActivity<I, O> {

	/**
	 * Create a replica of this activity.
	 * */
	public abstract ReplicableActivity<I, O> replicate();
}
